4watt rifle stile laser

[LocksmithArmy]

imagine one of these:
http://www.microlaserlabs.com/products-page/beam-combiner-kits/quad-beam-combiner-elite/
with 4 445 lasers and 8 18650 battaries in series...

thats the jist of my idea... a 4 watt (semi) handheld unit... like a rifle.
I would put the 8 battaries in pairs and hook them to 4 seperate drivers going to each of the 4 laser modules... all somehow hooked up to a single switch...

my goal is to keep it 4 seperate lasers. 4 diodes 4 drivers 4 pairs of battaries... all built to one trigger like switch... with maybe a scope on top... to shoot ballons from miles away

the battaries would fit in a removable "cartrige" like housing so you pop the cartrige out and recharge all 8 at once.

what do you think?
my biggest issue is getting 4 seperate battary banks to 4 seperate diodes without mixing them at the switch... what kind of switch can connect 4 circuits simultaneously and seperately.

 

[JLSE]

Think if the grounds are separate, you can use a single pole switch...

Gonna need to add some corrective optics to get any range though.

 

[rhd]

Honestly, I would be a happy person if I could just figure out where to actually purchase adjustable mirror mounts at a semi-affordable price. Like the generic ones - that practically everyone on PL has different versions/styles of in their projectors/builds.

Maybe that's a good job for eMachineShop ?

 

[LocksmithArmy]

Think if the grounds are separate, you can use a single pole switch...

Gonna need to add some corrective optics to get any range though.

ya i figured id need a decent lense... not to mention the custom host lol

 

[JLSE]

Honestly, I would be a happy person if I could just figure out where to actually purchase adjustable mirror mounts at a semi-affordable price. Like the generic ones - that practically everyone on PL has different versions/styles of in their projectors/builds.

Maybe that's a good job for eMachineShop ?

They are not hard to make, I think most on PL are making their
own versions fairly cheap..

ya i figured id need a decent lense... not to mention the custom host lol

To achieve what you are thinking, you need either cylindrical lenses or
a prism pair, and an expander unless the first two could cover overall
divergence..

Good optics are going to be needed or your losses will just keep adding up :banghead:

The host will be the least of your worries

 

[LocksmithArmy]

They are not hard to make, I think most on PL are making their
own versions fairly cheap..



To achieve what you are thinking, you need either cylindrical lenses or
a prism pair, and an expander unless the first two could cover overall
divergence..

Good optics are going to be needed or your losses will just keep adding up :banghead:

The host will be the least of your worries

i was thinking multiple lenses... but i never though of a prism pair... ill have to do some research. but first ill have to get the easy parts done... getting 4 lasers and the psb cube.

thanks for the tip
till i get the funds scratched up ill just get some time playin with my 1.3 watters and pick some locks in my free time.

 

[rhd]

They make them ?

Wouldn't you need fabrication tools / CNC machines?

 

[JLSE]

If you have the tools it literally cost pennies for materials..

You can work outside the box, and use this and some flat strip
to make an easy DIY version.. Though not as sturdy..

Crown Bolt 96 in. x 1 in. x 1/8 in. Aluminum Flat Angle - 56810 at The Home Depot